/*
 * Copyright 2008 Yannick Versley / Univ. Tuebingen
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package nlpeap.ml;

import java.io.IOException;

/** A ClassifierFactory represents a certain way to learn and
 *  execute a classifier.
 * 
 * @author versley
 */
public interface ClassifierFactory {
    InstanceWriter getSink(String model_name, String options, String learner)
            throws IOException;
    void do_learning(String model_name, String options, String learner)
            throws IOException;
    OfflineClassifier getClassifier(String model_name, String options,
            String learner)
            throws IOException;
}
